Convertible figure toy



Sept. l, 1925.

S H. ROSENTHAL CONVERTIBLE FIGURE TOY Filed Feb. 2a

, 1925 2 Sheets--Shee` ll ATtoRNEYs Sept. l, 1925. f 1,552,348

S. H. RO SENTHAL v CONVERTIBLE FIGURE TOY Filed Feb- 26, 1925- 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Mnze/ 0.5612 f/a v BY ATroRNEYS Patented Sept.1, 1925.

SAMUEL .'Hz ROSENTHAL, or iNnW= Yonmfsm Y.f

Y .coNvEmiBLE FIGURE frost..l

Applicationgled .February-26,. 1925., Serial. Non 11,80?.

Ural-ley, of which .the-.ollowingnis-aiul, clear,andexactdescrrlgitnm..4 v

rI his yinvention has frelationtoiignre toys and contemplates a .figuretoy Whiclris cons. vertihle to represent onsmiulate various fobjects.such as .dolls and. animals.

More speciicallyj the. invention comprehendsfa..iigureetoy .which.incli'ides astnti'fed.y

body-having permanent `.leg and arm mem.- bers, detachable. and..interchangeable heads and armt covering lmembers wherebyy the same maybe readily convertedfroma doll to simulate toy animals of variouskinds.

Amongtl1e objects-in View, vxis the/pron vis-ion of 'aconvertiblestutfed figure toyby` means .of which.. ae plurality.l otfigure. toys may be4 obtained.v at costv slightly greater than the costof-.a singletoy of thischarad. `ter.1 ,A l y I As a st`fl1 furtherobject the inventloncontemplates a novel convertible figure, toy:

which is comparativelyy simple in its -struc.- ture, inexpensive.tomanufacture' and which. is highlyl amusing land attractive.

1With .the abovereeited .andotherobjeets in view, reference is .hadstothejfollovvmg specification: and` drawings in. .Which there isexhibited one example or embodiment of the.

invention which .is in .norway intendedasa limitation upon .the scope ofthe. appended claims as it is to beclearly understood that. variationsand modifications. fwh'lchproperly fall- .Within the` scope of.saidclaims maybe resorted to when `found.ferqoedient..

Inthe drawings-.- Fgurel is azperspective vieWof the figure toy asconverted. to lrepresenta Teddy bear.. 'Fig is a fragmentary.sectional.perspecf tive-view otthe .-head member. removed ,from the body.

Fig..- 3 is a converted totsimulate a. toy-dog...

dolls head applied thereto `and With one` ot the animal foot'`simulating.;` arm covering members fremoved, the other being. shown in.

place and in section Manhattam. inthe conlnty -ot State of. New.. York,:have 1 11- vented a new and Improved Convertible F1 j;

K Y fragmentary .perspective a View oit the body with thehead-memberrennwedty Fig. )his-a: perspective View otthetoy. ,Y l v n plate .713:andthe,'leddy,bear head. lwis.

Fig. 5 isaffrontwiewhet thefbodywithf ai Fig'. 6 .isauperspective :viewotzone .ofthe animal. legsunulating v,members 'removedv Fig., 7. isaView' of another'type. ofanimal. n

leg` simulating members removed.v

' lgt.,V Sis; a. [front view. of the .to.T :converted and dressed .tosimulate .adolL i l Referring.. to .the drawingsl by characters ofreferenced() designates; aLstuttedtoy body. coveredfw'vith .a ,fursinlnilati-ngl materialffll and stuffed. witha stuiing l2.,l .The-.body,isf closed .at yits `upper endby` -a closure plate .13 preferably ofcircular 'formation and-in. the nature .of a: disk having,v a peripheralgroove latin n which.. the upper edge .of .the body); y cov.- ermgmmorialY .11..is received". and. tretained bya vvirel. Thetplateflisprovided with a central threaded aperture 16* Aadapted .to receive thedepending threaded studi .117; of theheadmembers 18, `19 andQO.They-head member .18 ishere lindicated as simulatinga; Teddy bear head,ythe. head .19 sil'nul'atingla v dogs head, andthe...l'iead.20- a dollfshead."` In anyy instance .theheads .Wfhenr of l the.. stuled'gtype areprovided. with aflonrerl ,cln sure. plate, or disk. .2l.Which-.carriesvthe .depending tlireac'ledstudl?. lVllere-.theghead isIof china olwbislntheplate 2l is anchored Within .the .neckf22 and. is.provided With f the .l depending.. threaded stud. 17,. llhebodydsprovided ,.vviith..permanentlyattached .pivoted legs 23 having a.fur.simulating. .covering identical -with the body covering., y Thebodvv isfurtherprovided Nvitlnpermanently attached pivoted arms, 24-\vhich are.preferablyv of .china tor. bisk to simulate dolls.; arms and heads.The.. arms 24 .adjacent .their point. 'ot i pivotal connection. Iareprovided with' .'re. duced. portions .f 'defning`atfthe juncture with..the. enlarged. portion" ot; the arm la is a. doll. Zheniit is "desiredto.convert the... l

iguretoy .to an. animal, for instance,;a Ted?.

threadedinpplace lby ,serevvingthe .stud 117 of the `head 18 .into .theY 'threaded aqpejrturel 16J The Teddy been leg;.smulatigfceverng,eleffments 130 'areethen dravvnfgin 'place `over thc* arms/2%,- Saiid.elementseO being:Oteloileatcd:

tubular construction closed at one end and open at the other end as at3l, the edge delining the open end having a contractile elastic binding32 Which engages the` reduced portion 25 behind the shoulder 26 toretain itself in place. The tubular element 30 is of a material Whichsimulates fur and conforms in appearance to the material covering thebody l0. In event it is desired tok convert the ligure -toy to simulatea doll or other animal a different head such as the head 19 is appliedand a different tubular leg and footsimulating element 33 is employedwhich is of identical construction but a different shape from theelement 30.

From the foregoing it Will thus be seen that a convertible ligure toyhas been provided which essentially consists of a body havingpermanently attached leg and arm members and a plurality of removableand convertible heads and leg simulating` arm covering elementstogetherl With suitable arms for covering the -body and permanentlyattached leg and foot simulating elements when it is desired to convertthe ureto a doll.

I claim:

l. A convertible ligure toy comprising a body and permanently attachedlegs, said body and legs having an animal skin simulating covering,permanently attached dolls arms on the body, interengageable'means onthe body and on each of a plurality of interchangeable heads displayingrespectively human and animal characteristics for selectively connectingany one of the heads to the body, said dolls arms adapted to selectivelyreceive! animal skin simulating arm covering members of differentcharacteristics to conform with a head having animal characteristics. l

2. A convertible ligure toy comprising a body and permanently attachedlegs, said body and legs having an animal skin simulating covering,permanently attached dolls arms on the body, interengageable means on`the body and on each of a plurality of interchangeable heads displayingrespectively human and animal characteristics for selectively connectingany one of the heads to the body, said dolls arms adapted to selectivelyreceive animal skin simulating arm covering members of differentcharacteristics toV conform with a head having animal characteristics,said arm covering elements Vconsisting of elongated tubular membershaving a. closed end and an open end and means at the open end adaptedtocoact With the shoulder portions of the permanently at- -tached arms toretain the same in place.

3. A vconvertible figure toy comprising a body and permanently attachedlegs, said body Aand legs havingan animal skin simulating covering,permanently attached dolls armson the body, interengageable means oneach of a plurality of interchangeable heads displaying respectivelyhuman and animal lcharacteristics for selectively connecting anytractile elastic4 binding secured to the open end.

4. A convertiblev ligure toy comprising a body and permanently attachedlegs, said body and legs having a fur simulating covering, permanentlyattached dolls arms on the body, interengageable means on the body andon each of a plurality of interchangeable vheads displaying differentanimal characteristics for selectively connecting any one of said headsto the body, said dollis arms adapted to selectively receive fursimulating arm covering members lof different characteristics to conformto a head vvith animal characteristics.

5. A convertible figure toy comprising a stuffed body and permanentlyattached stuffed legs, said body and legs having a fur simulatingcovering, permanently attached dolls arms on the body, interengageablemeans on the body and on each of a plurality of interchangeable headsWhich heads include a" dolls head and stuil'ed animal heads having a fursimulating covering, for selectively connecting any one of said heads tothe body, said Vdolls arms adapted to selectively receive fur simulatingarm covering members of diiferent characteristics to conform to a headWith animal characteristics.

6. As a new article of manufacture a convertible ligure toy including abody having aV fur simulating covering, permanently attached movablelegs having a fur simulating covering, Lpermanently attached movabledolls arms, interengageable means on the body and on each of a pluralityof interchangeable heads including' a dolls head and animal heads havingfur simulating covering, for selectively connecting any one of saidheads to the body and interengageable means on the dolls arms and oneach of a plurality of pairs of covering members for the dolls armsconforming in number and character to the animal heads for selectivelyconnecting any one of said pairs of covering members in coveringrelation to the dolls arms.

' 7. As a new article of manufacture a convertible figure toy includinga body having a fur simulating covering, permanently at-A tached movabledolls arms, interengageable means on the body and oneach of a pluralityof interchangeable heads including a dolls head and animal heads havingfur simulating covering, for selectively connecting any one of saidheads to the body and interengageable means on the dolls arms and oneach of a plurality of pairs of covering members for the dolls armsconforming in number and character to the animal heads for selectivelyconnecting any one of said pairs of covering members in coveringrelation to the dolls arms and garments for covering the body, feet andlegs when the toy is converted to a doll.

8. A convertible figure toy comprising a body and permanently attachedlegs, said body and legs having an animal skin simulating covering,permanently attached dolls arms on the body, interengageable means ofconnection provided respectively on the body and on each of a pluralityof interchangeable heads including a dolls head and animal simulatingheads for selectively connecting the heads with the body, andinterengageable means of connection on the dolls arms and on each of aplurality of animal simulating interchangeable arm covering i membersadapted for covering the dolls arms to conform to the character of theanimal simulating heads associated therewith for selectively connectingthe arm-covering members with the arms, the said interengageable meansof connection between the body and heads comprising a cover plate at theupper end of the body having a threaded aperture and a cover plate atthe lower end of each head having a threaded stud engageable with theaperture.

9. A convertible figure toy comprising a stuffed body and permanentlyattached stuffed legs, said body and legs having an animal skinsimulating covering, permanent-ly attached dolls arms on the body,interengageable means of connection provided respectively on the bodyand on each of a plurality of interchangeable heads including a dollshead and stuffed animal heads having an animal skin simulating coveringlfor selectively connecting the heads with the body, and means ofconnection provided respectively on the dolls arms and on each of aplurality of animal skin lsimulating interchangeable arm coveringmembers adapted for removable association with the dolls arms to conformto the character of the stuffed heads associated therewith forselectively connecting the arm-covering members with the arms, the saidinterengageable means of connection between the body and headscomprising a cover plate at the upper end ofthe stuffed body having athreaded aperture and a cover plate at the lower end of each head memberhaving a threaded stud engageable in the aperture, the said bodycovering plate having a peripheral groove and in which the upper edge ofthe body covering material is arranged and means contracting about andretaining said edge within the peripheral groove.

10. In a convertible figure toy which includes a body, interengageablemeans on the body and on each of a plurality of interchangeable headsdisplaying respectively different animal characteristics for selectivelyconnecting any one of the heads to the body and permanently attachedlimbs, said limbs adapted to selectively receive limb covering elementshaving different animal characteristics.

` ll. A convertible figure toy comprising a body and permanentlyattached limbs, interengageable means on the body and on each of aplurality of interchangeable heads displaying diiferent characteristicsfor selectively connecting any one of the heads to the body andinterengageable means on the limbs and on each of a plurality of pairsof covering members therefor for selectively connecting any one of saidpairs of limb covering members in covering relation to the permanentlyattached limbs.

12. In a convertible figure toy including a body, permanently attachedlimbs and interengageable means on the body and on each of a pluralityof interchangeable heads displaying different characteristics, forselectively connecting any one of the heads to the body, means forchanging the charactertistics of the limbs to conform with the headapplied thereto comprising limb covering members postionable over thelimbs and means for detachably retaining the same in place.

SAMUEL H. nosENTHAL.

